I recently met a guy in the tech industry at an Indianapolis conference. We met to discuss our areas of interest in tech and the conversation quickly turned spiritual. I can’t help but mention my involvement in Church Online since I’m so passionate about it, and he quickly asked me, “Why haven’t you invited me yet?”. While my evangelistic approach definitely isn’t one of planning on asking people everywhere I go to come attend Church Online with me, I’ve taken many opportunities in the past 3 years to ask people to check it out. But this was the first time someone I’ve met in the secular work world beat me to the punch!
Our new friend attended church with us in our home yesterday and brought his two kids to play with ours. We learned more about each other and at the end of the experience he stated that he’d found his new church. Imagine if we’d missed out on this opportunity! Bear in mind, this guy is quite entrepreneurial and his belief is that if we’re passionate about something we should share the opportunity and let the other person squirm around and eek out a “no thanks” rather than let the opportunity pass by (his words, but not verbatim).
Experience tells me that most of us aren’t surrounded with people who will invite us to invite them to church. Apart from the occasional experience like the one I had last week, I’m typically the one doing the asking. Yet I can’t help but think that many people in our lives – even if they aren’t bold enough to mention – are have spiritual questions and are curious about Jesus. Can you identify anyone in your life that you have a hunch you should invite to church?
Imagine he or she is wearing a sign around their neck that reads, “Why haven’t you invited me yet?”
